Word: popular
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...terrific this year," Bingham explained. "We used to get round trips for a fare and a tenth, but, the railroads don't care what they charge now and we have to pay regular rates." He said salaries for all coaches run under $100,000, and that, contrary to popular opinion, the third-string quarterback does not make more than a full professor. No coach's salary, in fact, exceeds that of a professor. Laundry bills run high, especially for towels, the players always want more to eat, calling for steak when they get roast beef, and incidentals cost tremendously. Services...
...Britain get its loans by popular subscription from those in this country who for some reason think that such loans are a good investment...
...improved dispensing system becomes a frustrating and irksome wait when large numbers of necessary texts are unavailable. After two days of book orders, large holes appear in the course lists required by popular fields such as Government and Economics. Inaccurate reading lists containing many out-of-print works, poorly estimated class enrollment, and a naive hope that some 250 newly registered students would drop out hinder the purpose of an improved sales plan. While some course instructors completed their book needs as early as last July, others are still making changes and undergraduates must now sweat out three or four...
Gide's famous Journals have been praised in hushed tones by his admirers ever since their Paris publication in 1939. This first volume in English, covering the period 1889-1913 (two others are promised before 1950), is apt to get about the same degree of critical genuflection-and popular indifference-that French Man of Letters Gide has learned to expect. At 77, it is unlikely that he will live to see his popularity catch up with his reputation (based mainly in the U.S. on one novel, The Counterfeiters). A handful of intellectuals have made a cult of his uncompromising...
...Armchair Audit" Popular...